【单选题】
In the novel Moby Dick, the rebellious struggle of Captain Ahab was thought to be against ____.
②
the gliding great demon of the seas of life
③
the overwhelming, mysterious vastness of the universe and the awesome forces
④
the savage harpooners and the motley crew
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The Romantic Period in American literature stretches from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of _________.
③
the War for Independence
【单选题】
As a great innovator in American literature, Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in an unconventional style which is now called free verse, which is ______.
①
lyrical poetry with chanting refrains
②
poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme
③
poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beat
④
poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelings
【单选题】
Washington Irving’s_________ became the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic in the first half of the 19th century.
【单选题】
In William Cullen Bryant’s poem “Thanatopsis”, the title means______.
【单选题】
At the Reason and Revolution Period, Americans were influenced by the European movement called ______.
【单选题】
The eminent English critic and poet, Matthew Arnold, called___“the most perfect brief poem in the language.”
【单选题】
Which of following can be said of the common features which are shared by the English and American Romanticists?
①
An increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions.
②
An increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters.
③
An increasing emphasis on the desire to return to nature.
【单选题】
The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT ______.
①
mystery of the universe
③
power of the Great Nature
【单选题】
The convention of the desire for an escape from society and a return to nature in American literature is particular evident in ______.
①
Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales
②
Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
③
Whitman’s Leaves of Grass